Eastern Art (Or1990/03)

Eastern Art (Or1990/05/06 A-B)

Buckles, 2, from Ct Dress of Ind Hi Ct Judge, steel rectL, curved, + cross-bar.

Eastern Art (Or2004.230)

Circular image (fan painting?). 3 figures stand on terrace on clifs looking over water to building on neighbouring shore. 2 small boats in water, inscription and red seal at top.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 01)

Painting, in colours on native card. Pale-skinned couple. F on L in green & crimson sari. M on R in white cloth bordered with red & yellow; orange scarf; holding rosary.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 02)

Painting, in colours on native card. Light-skinned mother & child on L; dark skinned man on R, in white cloth bordered with red & yellow, with white & orange body-paint, carrying palm-leaf ms.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 03)

Painting, in colours on native card. 3 male entertainers: L & R in white turban & dhoti, L with 2 rings, R with bi-conical drum; central in red breeches & yellow cummerbund with cone of flowers(?) on head.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 04)

Painting, in colours on native card. Lady and Gent. Female on left in transparent crimson sari & Au bodice. Male on right in white, + green mantle.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 05)

Painting, in colours on native card. White-clad couple. M on L with white turban, dark blue shawl, straight flute & staff. F on R, one breast bare.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 06)

Painting, in colours on native card. Lady & gentleman. M on L in saffron turban, green coat & white trousers (both last with pink flowers), holding talwar in crimson scabbard. F on R in profile, wearing crimson sari & green bodice.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 07)

Painting, in colours on native card. (?) Itinerant restaurant: M & F in white robe with crimson borders & dark green jacket with floral pattern. F on L wears blue & yellow scarf, carries bundle on head, holds a water-pot. Mon R carries 2 pink containers on bamboo pole & holds tubular bucket.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 08)

Painting, in colours on native card. Mahout (?) & wife. F on L in crimson-bordered white sari over orange bodice. Mon R in orange turban & cummerbund, white coat with yellow shawl, white trousers with pink flowers; carries short, tasselled spear, hooked goad; and a whip tucked through his cummerbund.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 09)

Painting, in colours on native card. Parsees(?). Female on left wears dark green coat, pink trousers & mantle; holds rosary, fan & brush(?). Male on right wears white conical cap, a flower above each ear, loose pink over-skirt of yellow check on brown, 2 chains of beads & a blue shawl; smokes huggah, carries white bird in cage.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 10)

Painting, in colours on native card. Dravidian couple. M on R with burden in white mantle. F on L with purple robe; carries 2 white bundles.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 11)

Painting, in colours on native card. Barber & wife. M on L wears orange turban, white coat, white dhoti edged with crimson; holds cut-throat razor & whetstone. F on R wears aubergine sari with yellow border over white blouse & holds mirror(?).

Eastern Art (Tanjore 12)

Painting, in colours on native card. (?) Muslim couple. F on L in crimson sari, with green border, covering head. M on R (light-skinned) wears white skull-cap, scarf & sash, and brown skirt with black edge & yellow check.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 14)

Painting, in colours on native card. F, standing L, wears dark blue sari fringed with yellow & holds spindle of red thread. M on R wears red turban, white jacket, yellow shawl & white dhoti with red & yellow. Red package under arm.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 15)

Painting, in colours on native card. Light-skinned couple. F on L wears orange sari edged with gold, & gold bodice. M on R wears orange turban, dark blue gown with white flowers; holds lance & bow. Background includes Wn-type mansion.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 16)

Painting, in colours on native card. M on L wears orange turban, green jacket with flowers, white dhoti edged with red & yellow; holds a letter & staff. F on R wears short yellow sari with black stripes, crimson pattern border; carries water jar.

Eastern Art (Tanjore 17)

Painting in colours on native card. Muslim couple. F on L wears orange bodice, dark blue gown with flowers, transparent veil. M on R wears dark green turban & gown; carries book in arabic script. To his R, a mosque, grave stones & a rahla(?).

Eastern Art (Tanjore 18)

Painting, in colours on native card. Light-skinned lady & gentleman. F on R wears golden bodice & pajamas with floral pattern under transparent skirt & shawl; holds rose; henna on hands & feet. M on R wears red cap & white floral turban, white shirt, purple buttoned jacket, yellow floral sash & dark blue floral skirt. Also, lion-headed sabre.

Eastern Art (00189TEA)

Skirt 2, silk, scarlet lined, silk

Eastern Art (Or1990 06 12)

B'sattva, porous grey stone carved in rlf, seated legs crossed, hands in ? teaching mudra, wears dhoti, 2 necklaces & turban, on gadrooned throne. Gandhara. Former Loan 1976/28

Eastern Art (Or1989.12.04)

Sauce-bottle, + spout, grey stoneware.

Eastern Art (Or1989.12.01)

Bowl, on 4 legs + Or-stand, 1 vert handle, grey stoneware, 2 2x bands raised welt at handle joins.

Eastern Art (E4388)

tea-pot and lid, of rectangular plan and curving profile; body and lid and loop-handle; short curved spout of square section. Stoneware, terracotta and liver. Painted in opaque polychrome enamels + s. cuenca outlines. Peony and chrysanthemum panels on emerald-green ground. Relief mark on base. Yixing (?).

Eastern Art (Or1981.12.01)

Drawing of a seated female, ink on native paper + s. black & white. Buff paper. Ink outline of young female, head in profile facing right, left arm extended, left leg crossed over right. Wears earrings, necklace, armlets, sleeved bodice, skirt and tight trousers. Hair in chignon. Hair filled in black; face and outlines of left arm redrawn on white. This woman is drawn in profile, in the Mughal courtly tradition. Portraits of individual women from this period are rare. It was common for court artists to work in pairs, one drawing the outlines, the other filling in the colours.

Eastern Art (N6836)

Tsuba, round. Iron, polished. Gold and niello(?) chrysanthemums. Signed.

Eastern Art (W729)

helmet. Fe, etc., assemblage

Eastern Art (ECMAG.3863)

Snuff bottle, greyish nephrite (jade) with exposed layer of mottled iron brown colour, unfinished. Rounded carving on grey side, flatter on mottled side, carved foot ring.

Eastern Art (N8171)

Asavari Ragini. A blue maiden with a skirt of leaves seated among mauve rocks by a tree, attended by 5 cobras. Painting in opaque colours on thin card.

Eastern Art (Or1983.04.02)

Painting: 5 female figures carrying water-pots, in floral border. Colours on paper. Main scene: on red ground, 5 female figures wearing bodice, skirt, transparent veil and jewellery, walking from left to right supporting on head a black lidded jar with white decoration; females 1, 2 and 5 hold it with right arm, female 4 with left; females 1, 2, 3 and 5 hold left hand at shoulder height but femalse 3 and 4 right hand down. Border: on lime-green ground, leaf scroll + 5-petalled mauve flowers between yellow and red guards. Devanagari inscribed in white.

Eastern Art (6984a), "A Hundred Views of Fuji"

Book, "A Hundred Views of Fuji" by Hokusai.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 19)

Green and yellow snake. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 20)

"Deekan" - rodent: Rhizomys Sumatrensis*. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper. * Malay: Dekan, English: Bamboo rat.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 21)

Curled-up reptile: Manis (?), Pangolin*. Painting in opaque colours and gum on European paper. * Malay: Pengguling, English: Scaly ant-eater. Known in Sumatra.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 24)

Two views of (?) Javan sword. Painting in opaque colour and gum on European paper.

Eastern Art (N2119)

netsuke, ivory, rat in bag

Eastern Art (Or2013.03), Free Essence 32

Sculpture made of many layers of sheet glass adhered together to create the form of a wave. Titled "Free Essence 32"

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 02)

Kingfisher-typer short-tailed bird, on branch + scarlet berries & pale orange 5-petalled flowers. Inscriptions: (ink) 'Tampessu'; (faded pencil) 'Lajoottang'. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.

Eastern Art (E.I.C. 03)

Small brown heavy-beaked bird on plant with large peony-type flower & broad 3-bladed leaf. Painting, opaque colours + s. burnished gum, on European paper.